Pelagic Fish Data Report 2025

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Fisheries Research and Monitoring Division

Vessels by Fleet

Catch by Fleet in Metric Tons

Catch by Species in Metric Tons

Species key: ALB = albacore, ALV = common thresher shark, BET = bigeye tuna, BIL = other billfish, BSH = blue shark, BTH = bigeye thresher shark, BUM = blue marlin, MLS = striped marlin, PBF = Pacific bluefin tuna, PTH = pelagic thresher shark, SKH = other sharks, SKJ = skipjack tuna, SMA = shortfin mako shark, SWO = swordfish, TUN = other tunas, YFT = yellowfin tuna

Relative Frequency of Catch (2020–2024)

Species key: ALB = albacore, BET = bigeye tuna, BSH = blue shark, BUM = blue marlin, MLS = striped marlin, PBF = Pacific bluefin tuna, SKJ = skipjack tuna, SMA = shortfin mako shark, SWO = swordfish, YFT = yellowfin tuna

Relative Frequency of Catch (2020–2024)

Species key: ALB = albacore, BET = bigeye tuna, BSH = blue shark, BUM = blue marlin, MLS = striped marlin, PBF = Pacific bluefin tuna, SKJ = skipjack tuna, SMA = shortfin mako shark, SWO = swordfish, YFT = yellowfin tuna

Longline Catch

Purse Seine Catch

Tropical Troll Catch

Sport Catch

Year ALB MLS PBF YFT Total
1985 1,176 42 89 0 1,307
1986 196 19 12 0 227
1987 74 28 34 0 136
1988 64 30 6 0 100
1989 160 52 112 0 324
1990 24 23 65 0 112
1991 6 12 92 0 110
1992 2 25 110 0 137
1993 25 11 283 0 319
1994 106 17 86 0 209
1995 102 14 245 0 361
1996 88 20 40 0 148
1997 1,018 21 131 0 1,170
1998 1,208 23 422 0 1,653
1999 3,621 12 408 0 4,041
2000 1,798 10 319 0 2,127
2001 1,635 0 344 0 1,979
2002 2,357 0 613 0 2,970
2003 2,214 0 355 0 2,569
2004 1,506 0 50 0 1,556
2005 1,719 0 73 0 1,792
2006 385 0 94 0 479
2007 461 0 12 0 473
2008 418 0 63 0 481
2009 944 0 156 766 1,868
2010 862 0 88 276 1,226
2011 421 0 225 324 970
2012 1,212 0 400 708 2,320
2013 839 0 809 433 2,085
2014 1,042 0 420 0 1,463
2015 932 0 399 0 1,331
2016 675 0 368 0 1,045
2017 372 0 451 0 824
2018 381 0 513 0 895
2019 1,364 0 483 0 1,848
2020 260 0 742 0 1,002
2021 248 0 1,294 0 1,542
2022 587 0 1,612 0 2,200
2023 567 0 2,019 0 2,586
2024 865 0 1,385 0 2,252

Species key: ALB = albacore, MLS = striped marlin, PBF = pacific bluefin tuna, YFT = yellowfin tuna

Skipjack Pole and Line Catch